John Cranko's first season at the Stuttgart Ballet, 1961
Poster
1961 (printed)
1961 (printed)
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Theatre poster designed by Richard Beer.
The poster advertises John Cranko’s first season directing the Stuttgart Ballet (1961), a programme of four short works making up an evening which, as Cranko said, was intended to be ‘light, cheerful, entertaining’. He invited Kenneth MacMillan to present his wistfully romantic Solitaire, subtitled 'a game for one', which was created for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956 to music by Malcolm Arnold. but was responsible for the other three ballets himself.
Divertimento was a more abstract reworking of Cranko's 1950 Pastorale to music by Mozart, while the other two ballets were entirely new. Intermezzo was set in a ballet studio where the dancers performed to the record 'Latin American' by George Shearing and Peggy Lee, while Familienalbum was a new version of Façade by William Walton. This was inevitably a series of sketches but framed as if coming from a family photograph album.
The poster advertises John Cranko’s first season directing the Stuttgart Ballet (1961), a programme of four short works making up an evening which, as Cranko said, was intended to be ‘light, cheerful, entertaining’. He invited Kenneth MacMillan to present his wistfully romantic Solitaire, subtitled 'a game for one', which was created for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956 to music by Malcolm Arnold. but was responsible for the other three ballets himself.
Divertimento was a more abstract reworking of Cranko's 1950 Pastorale to music by Mozart, while the other two ballets were entirely new. Intermezzo was set in a ballet studio where the dancers performed to the record 'Latin American' by George Shearing and Peggy Lee, while Familienalbum was a new version of Façade by William Walton. This was inevitably a series of sketches but framed as if coming from a family photograph album.
Object details
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| Title | John Cranko's first season at the Stuttgart Ballet, 1961 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Theatre poster designed by Richard Beer, advertising John Cranko's first season directing the Stuttgart Ballet, prior to textual overprinting, 1961 |
| Physical description | Poster in black and pink on white showing a dancer in an elaborate hat with a fan and lapdog against a background of a pyramid and palm trees. Advertising '‘Staatstheater Ballett in der Liederhalle'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ‘Staatstheater Ballett in der Liederhalle’ (Printed upper right) |
| Credit line | Given by the estate of Richard Beer |
| Object history | Retained by the artist during his life and given to the V&A by his estate after his death. |
| Summary | Theatre poster designed by Richard Beer. The poster advertises John Cranko’s first season directing the Stuttgart Ballet (1961), a programme of four short works making up an evening which, as Cranko said, was intended to be ‘light, cheerful, entertaining’. He invited Kenneth MacMillan to present his wistfully romantic Solitaire, subtitled 'a game for one', which was created for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956 to music by Malcolm Arnold. but was responsible for the other three ballets himself. Divertimento was a more abstract reworking of Cranko's 1950 Pastorale to music by Mozart, while the other two ballets were entirely new. Intermezzo was set in a ballet studio where the dancers performed to the record 'Latin American' by George Shearing and Peggy Lee, while Familienalbum was a new version of Façade by William Walton. This was inevitably a series of sketches but framed as if coming from a family photograph album. |
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| Accession number | S.751-2019 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2019 |
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